Does this void a NON-Compete contract.

I signed a employment contract with an IT firm that says that i shall be paid on a by-weekly bassis no later than 7 days after pay-period ends on the preceeding Friday and in that agreement there is a non-compete agreement that states that i can not solicite any employees and or previous or present clients for employment or work or contracts. Now I am being fired because I have told them that I am going to contact the labor board due to the fact that for the last 2 pay perriods i have not recieved a check on the day that i was to recieve it and as of now i am waiting for a check that i was to recieve this past friday when all other employees have received theirs. In fact i have yet to recieve a real paycheck for the previous pay period only qoute Advances. Is this legal ground to void the contract in full including the non-compete. I would like to start my own buisness and have had request from current clients of the IT firm that is firrng me to be their IT man.

Thank You